The great war between the solar and lunar races in the submerged Atlantis was marvelously chanted by the Asians in their Mahabharata. Traditions state that such a war endured for many thousands of years. This war, made up of a series of wars, lasted for centuries, and started about 800,000 years ago. According to The Secret Doctrine, this is the date on which the first of the three Atlantean catastrophes occurred. The second catastrophe occurred 200,000 years ago. These wars ended with the third and last catastrophe related to Poseidonis Island in front of Gades, which happened about 11,000 years ago.
"The Fourth, born millions of years before the said cataclysm took place, perishes during the Miocene period, when the Fifth (our Aryan race)
had one million years of independent existence. How much older it is from its origin -- who knows? As the "Historical" Period has begun, with the Indian Aryans, with their Vedas, for their multitudes, and far earlier in the Esoteric Records, it is useless to establish here any parallels." -Blavatsky, Secret Doctrine
Do not take numbers literally, especially when they are discussed by a master.